Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)

The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is open from 1 February to 30 April 2027. 

Conducted annually by Advance HE, this is the only UK-wide survey that gathers anonymous feedback from taught postgraduate students about their learning and teaching experience.

This is your chance to share what's working well and where we can improve. 

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Am I eligible to complete the PTES?

Am I eligible to complete the PTES?

All taught postgraduate students on courses of at least 60 credits are eligible to complete the survey. If you have just started the course this calendar year, your first invitation will be in 2028. 

Students on teacher training and SVQ courses are not included in this survey.

How do I complete it?

How do I complete it?

You will have received an email invitation to your student email address from JISC Online Surveys containing your personal link on 1 February.  You will also receive reminder emails. 

If you have not received it, please get in touch to have it resent.

The survey will close on 30 April 2027. 

What questions will I be asked?

What questions will I be asked?

The PTES survey will ask about the following areas:

  • The experience of teaching and learning, including staff, learning materials, working with other students, workload, and feeding back on experience
  • Assessment and feedback, including supervisor support for dissertation or major project
  • Organisation and management, including induction and involvement in course decisions
  • Resources and services, including learning resources and overall support
  • Skills development, including independent learning, research skills and career skills
  • Motivation for taking the programme and information provided by the institution to help course choice
  • Demographic details, including on previous education and fluency in English

2026 PTES survey results

2026 PTES survey results

The 2026 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey was completed by 161 students across our taught postgraduate courses, from most UHI academic partners.

  • Overall satisfaction was 88%, down from 91% last year.
  • UHI ranked 38th in UK for overall satisfaction.
  • Across the UK, UHI ranked:
    • 9th for Assessment
    • 12th for Dissertation 
  • Our highest performing areas were the fairness of assessment (90%) and promptness of assessment (90%). 
  • Our lowest performing areas were encouragement to feedback (51%) and career skills development (66%). 

You can view PTES results from previous years on the AdvanceHE website.

Get in touch

Get in touch

If you have any questions, please email: surveys@uhi.ac.uk 

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